Out of Africa (1985) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Karen Blixen (based upon: "Out of Africa" and other writings), Judith Thurman (book) | 2 more credits » Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 25 Aug 2011 a list of 28 titles created 18 Feb 2012 a list of 24 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 21 titles created 08 May 2015 a list of 26 titles created 9 months ago Title: Out of Africa (1985) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 7 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 28 nominations. See more awards » Photos At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: Anthony Minghella The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Director: John Madden Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. Director: Robert Redford Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems. Director: James L. Brooks Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: Rob Marshall Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s. Director: Clint Eastwood Edit Storyline Follows the life of Karen Blixen , who establishes a plantation in Africa.

Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband. Written by Tony Bridges <tbridges@spicer.com> Based on a true story. Genres: 20 December 1985 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Jenseits von Afrika See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Meryl Streep was extremely nervous throughout the hair-washing scene, which was shot close to some very territorial hippopotamus. See more » Goofs Karen Blixen 's champagne glass is empty when she slaps a rude man at the New Year's Eve party. Denys takes her arm and pulls her immediately onto the dance floor. When they dance, her glass has champagne in it. See more » Quotes [about to leave Africa, Karen Blixen gives Denys' compass to Farah] Karen Blixen : This is very dear to me.

It has helped me to find my way. Farah : Thank you, Msabu. [She goes to board the train. Looks back at him] Karen Blixen : I want to hear you say my name. Farah : You are Karin, Msabu. – See all my reviews What a memorable gem of a movie!! I thought this film deserved every one of its seven Academy Awards it got. After viewing this film again I'm just stupefied why didn't Meryl Streep win Best Actress in this movie. The role of Karen Blixen was very complex and she performed it beautifully. This is probably right up there with "Sophie's Choice" and "Kramer vs. Kramer" both Award winning performances for her and this is right there with "Bridges of Madison County" and "A Cry in the Dark". Syndey Pollock hit the nail right on the head with this classic beautiful cinematography. The acting is excellent by Streep, Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandeur. I liked the scene when Karen (Streep) wants her servant to address her by her name and he said "You are Karen, Sabu".

I also loved the owl that she had in her room - it was a small one, but it was so cute and I loved it. If you have a chance to rent this movie, please do - it is a classic. I love the beginning line "I had a farm in Africa" it was so moving!! 51 of 69 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Meryl Streep’s Oscar Wins and Nominations Meryl Streep’s Oscar Wins and Nominations by Mira How many Oscars has Meryl Streep won? And how many Oscar nominations? Here are the films that got her Academy Awards wins and nominations, with actors, directors, and subjects. Meryl Streep has won 3 Oscars so far (I can see more coming; the woman is on a roll). She also has no less than 18 Oscar nominations at the time of my writing this (January 25, 2013). I plan to see most of the movies listed below.

If you have seen them and were particularly impressed with her acting or another aspect of the movie (another performance, or the script, direction, etc.), I would appreciate it if you’d leave a comment below, so that other Meryl Streep fans could use them as quick reference when deciding what film to watch next. I have discovered Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County, one of my all-time favorite movies. As one Italian reviewer put it, in that movie Meryl Streep IS Italian. She's also so much more. All her gestures are so expressive, and so are her facial expressions. You rarely see acting playing on the body and face of an actor like that. It's like light playing gently over water. I also saw her in The Deer Hunter. A younger Meryl Streep that managed to hold her own against Robert de Niro and Christopher Walken, who were magnificent. I feel she wasn't the star of Kramer vs. Kramer -- Dustin Hoffman was -- and yet she received the Oscar for that performance. Which reminds me: there are many other nice performances of hers in movies that didn't get an Oscar award or nominations -- movies like Mamma Mia!, for instance.

More about all her 18 Oscar nominations and 3 Oscar awards below. Some of Meryl Streep's Great Performances Some of Meryl Streep's Oscar Wins and Nominations Meryl Streep's Best Performances 3 Oscars and 18 Nominations So Far She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978), a fabulous film about the Vietnam War and its effects on three friends living in a small American town. Also starring Robert de Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Cazale. Won 5 Oscars. Won an Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for her role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), where her co-star was Dustin Hoffman. A movie about divorce that involves a small child, the fight for custody, and a father who learns to be there for his child, taking on the responsibilities of both father and mother. 1982. Nominated, Best Actress: French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). Her co-star is Jeremy Irons. Directed by Karel Reisz, with a script by Harold Pinter based on a John Fowles novel. A love story set in Victorian England. 1983.

Won, Best Actress: Sophie's Choice (1982), a film for which she lost 70 pounds to portray an Auschwitz survivor. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Kevin Kline. 1984. Nominated, Best Actress: Silkwood (1983). Directed by Mike Nichols. Script by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen. About safety violations at a metallurgy plant. "The movie isn't about plutonium, it's about the American working class," says Roger Ebert. 1986. Nominated, Best Actress: Out of Africa (1985), a movie directed by Sydney Pollack where she co-starred with Robert Redford. Won 7 Oscars. A love affair in postcolonial Kenya. 1988. Nominated, Best Actress: Ironweed (1987), where she co-starred with Jack Nicholson. Directed by Hector Babenco. A movie about two hobos in Albany during the Great Depression. 1989. Nominated, Best Actress: A Cry in the Dark (1988). With Sam Neill and Dale Reeves. directed by Fred Schepisi. About a woman accused of murdering her child.

1991. Nominated, Best Actress: Postcards from the Edge (1990), where she also sings. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Directed by Mike Nichols. About a substance-abusing actress. 1996. Nominated, Best Actress: The Bridges of Madison County (1995), for a superb performance alongside Clint Eastwood, who also directed this movie about a love affair between a housewife and a photographer in 1960s rural America. 1999. Nominated: One True Thing (1998). With Renée Zellweger and William Hurt. Directed by Carl Franklin. About a young woman caring for her sick mother. 2000. Nominated, Best Actress: Music of the Heart (1999). With Cloris Leachman and Henry Dinhofer, Gloria Estefan and Angela Bassett. Directed by Wes Craven. Nominated for 2 Oscars. About a schoolteacher in Harlem. 2003. Nominated, Best Supporting Actress: Adaptation (2002). Also starring Nicolas Cage and Chris Cooper. A story about a scriptwriter adapting the book The Orchid Thief. Directed by Spike Jonze.

Won 1 Oscar. 2007. Nominated, Best Actress: The Devil Wears Prada (2006), a movie with Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt. I believe it launched Emily Blunt's career in top-rated films. Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2009. Nominated, Best Actress: Doubt (2008). Co-starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. Director: John Patrick Shanley. Script also by John Patrick Shanley, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Won 5 Oscars. A story about accusations of sexual abuse in a Catholic school. 2010. Nominated, Best Actress: Julie & Julia (2009), a fun film with Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as Julie. 2012. Won, Best Actress: The Iron Lady (2011). About Margaret Thatcher. Won 2 Oscars 2014. Nominated, Best Actress: August: Osage County (2013). The great ensemble cast also includes Julia Roberts, Margo Martindale, Dermon Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson and Abigail Breslin.

The story of a dysfunctional family venting old grudges and some secrets one August in rural Oklahoma. I wrote a few words about it here . The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Amazon Instant Video Meryl Streep's personal photos - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Meryl Streep's personal photos Next Actress Meryl Streep is critically acclaimed for having a unique gift to not just portray a character, but literally become her. In a career that has spanned more than three decades, Streep has won two Academy Awards and been nominated a record 16 times. Before she was Meryl of the movies, she was Mary Louise Streep of New Jersey. She dabbled in acting growing up, but did not become serious about it until college. In this photograph, she appears at the Yale Drama School in 1972. Meryl Streep made her film debut starring alongside Jane Fonda in the 1977 film "Julia." Streep won her first Oscar for her performance in the 1979 film "Kramer vs. Kramer" co-starring Dustin Hoffman.

Meryl Streep appears as the title character in the 1981 film "The French Lieutenant's Woman." Meryl Streep won her second Oscar for her performance in "Sophie's Choice" in 1982. In this photograph, Streep appears with co-stars Kevin Kline (right) and Peter MacNicol. Robert DeNiro starred as Meryl Streep's leading man in the 1984 film "Falling in Love." Robert Redford and Meryl Streep were cast as the romantic leads in the 1985 drama "Out of Africa." Jack Nicholson played the part of a cheating husband alongside Meryl Streep in the 1986 film "Heartburn." In this photograph, Meryl appears with Nicholson and director Mike Nichols. Can you find Meryl Streep in this photograph?

Streep (in the middle) dressed up as a rabbi for the 2003 TV mini series "Angels in America." Co-stars Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Meryl Streep were caught in a love triangle for the 2009 comedy "It's Complicated." CBSNews.com Amazon.com: Out of Africa: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen: Amazon Digital Services LLC By Debunker on September 11, 2012 Format: Blu-ray|Verified Purchase Previous BluRay transfers of Out of Africa were a real disappointment... and in fact were noticeably worse than the original DVD. However the Universal 100th Anniversary Collector's Series is about as good a transfer as could have been hoped for. Using modern digital techniques, they were even able to correct some technical problems in the original film. The only imperfections here are the result of uncorrectable imperfections in the original master film, but these are few and easy to forgive when considering the overall quality of the film itself and this new BluRay transfer. Highly recommended.

Since there are at least two "Anniversary Editions" out there, use caution when buying: - 25th Anniversary Edition: AVOID By Stephanie De Pue VINE VOICE on January 4, 2017 Format: DVD|Verified Purchase Out of Africa, (1985). âI had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.â One of the best-known, best-loved opening lines of any movie. Thus starts Sydney Pollackâs Oscar-winning epic romantic drama, beloved around the world, OUT OF AFRICA, based on the classic book by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), of the same name that opens with the same unforgettable sentence. Also other writings of Dinesenâs, and Judith Thurmanâs monumental biography of the author. Dinesenâs book and movie concern Denmark native Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) , who enters into a marriage of convenience with womanizing Swedish baron Bror Blixen.

Then, hoping to make a better life, the couple, in the early twentieth century, moves to Nairobi, in the British colony of Kenya, where they establish a coffee plantation that Karen eventually must run on her own. Karen is no pushover, but her life is complicated by troubles on the plantation, World War I, her insistence on schooling the natives and her catching syphilis, then often deadly, from her husband. And then she falls passionately in love with free-spirited hunter Denys Finch Hutton, well-educated handsome son of an earl, (Robert Redford) who can't be tied down. Director Pollack is also well-known for the wise comedy TOOTSIE. His lush African period drama earned seven Academy Awards, including statues for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. I havenât the skills â who hasâto do justice to this great biography/ period drama based on classic literature, and I doubt the readers need those encomiums from me, so I will content myself with a few more sentences on the film proper.

To begin with, of course, the cast is outstanding: multi-Oscar winning/nominated Meryl Streep as Karen; Pollackâs lifelong friend Robert Redford as Denys; Klaus Maria Brandauer as Bror. Also some outstanding British actors: a young Michael Kitchen, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Philips. Some outstanding African actors: Malick Bowens, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui., Mike Bugara, Iman and Job Seda. The wonderfully evocative score by John Barry that delivers the soul of the great Continent of Africa. And, of course, Africa itself, unnamed costar of the film: Pollack at one point says âIf the Garden of Eden is anywhere, it is surely here.â What I can talk about is that I went to Kenya last month to see all this for myself. Saw the Masai Mera, thousands of animals, every breed. The hippo-filled rivers that once ran sparkling clear. The mountains.

Learned that Nairobi, once a dusty little railroad town, now proud capital of former British colony Kenya, has an area called Karen after Blixen, another called Muithaiga, after the club the settlers went to to play golf, drink, dance and get into trouble. I saw Blixenâs house, so evocative, much as represented on screen. With old Victrola and vinyl records. And a tiny kitchen lacking electricity and running water, in which her incomparable chef prepared a feast she served the Prince of Wales: the menu still hangs in the house. And some coffee plants. The machinery used on the farm. Saw the still in existence Muthiaga Club, though only from a distance, as it is now a pricey private golf club. Managed a daytime plane ride over the Mera, still incomparably beautiful. Then and now, the population: Masai, Kikiyu, the occasionally tall beautiful Somali â like former model Imanâall speaking Swahili. Learned a word in Swahili: dawa. Medicine. I wasnât that well. A notable Indian colony then and now.

And now, more Chinese than there ever were, which is a subject for another time. If somehow you have never seen this film, you must, particularly if youâre female. Just have a box of tissues nearby. By Mike Powers TOP 1000 REVIEWER on December 27, 2015 Format: Amazon Video|Verified Purchase The first time I saw the film âOut of Africaâ was way back in 1987, about two years after its theatrical release. At that time, I watched it on VHS tape; even then, the video and audio quality were pretty poor. Last week, I watched it for only the second time, this time in High Definition on Amazon Instant Video. What a different viewing experience that was! âOut of Africaâ is a romantic drama that stars Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Bradenauer. It was written by Kurt Luedtke and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is based on an autobiography of the same name written by Danish Baroness Karen Blixen, under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen.

It tells the story of her experiences in Africa, where she owned and operated a large coffee plantation. She was in a loveless marriage to a philandering Swedish nobleman, and deeply in love with British aristocrat and big game hunter, Denys Finch Hatton. âOut of Africaâ is certainly a very well written, produced, and acted film, as shown by the seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Director for Pollack). I thought the on-screen chemistry between Streep and Redford was very good. The story was interesting and entertaining; the cinematography and music were both gorgeous and deserving of recognition. However, despite its many fine qualities, âOut of Africaâ just misses being the kind of movie I really like best. On the whole, I found the film to be a bit over-long, slow-moving, and even dull in places. There were times while I was watching that I found my attention drifting, and when I the final credits rolled, I remembered why âOut of Africaâ is a film I have never added to my video collection.

By Insook C Webber on May 3, 2016 Format: Amazon Video|Verified Purchase Not to be fooled by the majority of negative reviews by critics. The film avoids most of Hollywoodian traps: syrupy drama, cheap commercial wallpaper images to please the undiscerning eye, or super-heros and -heroins. Both the images and the characters convey admirably Karen Blixen's lived experience as recounted in her memoir on which the film is based. The acting is exceptionally restrained,as opposed to melodramatic and transparent. which allows the audience to fill in the gaps. On the whole, the film captures the exact 'mood' and the spirit of the book. Plenty (1985) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A young Englishwoman spends 20 years to make whatever kind of life for herself at the expense of others around her in post-World War 2 England.

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See more awards » Photos A mother whose child was killed in a Dingo attack in the Australian outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder. Director: Fred Schepisi Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well... See full summary » Director: Jerry Schatzberg Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s. Director: Pat O'Connor An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades. Director: Hector Babenco A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her ... See full summary » Director: Karel Reisz A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Director: Robert Benton The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. Director: Mike Nichols At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany. Director: Fred Zinnemann Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Director: Barbet Schroeder An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at... See full summary » Director: Mike Nichols During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train ... See full summary » Director: Ulu Grosbard The story of one woman's struggle against a narrow-minded medical establishment. Director: Jim Abrahams Edit Storyline Susan Traherne has been irreparably changed by her wartime experiences as a Resistance fighter.

She sets out in the post-war world to make her way to what she wants, no matter who is hurt, or how. Written by Cleo <frede005@maroon.tc.umn.edu> The heat of passion. The power of anger. It ruined them. It destroyed her... See more » Genres: 20 September 1985 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Many critics dismissed the movie as being just a filmed version of David Hare 's stage play. In fact Hare re-wrote about 60 percent of the material for the film. See more » Goofs Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was in 1953, yet the flag display includes the flag of Guyana, which wasn't designed until 1962 or officially adopted until 1966. See more » Quotes PLENTY to think about, to talk about... 11 March 2006 | by philip-ct (Cape Town, South Africa) – See all my reviews This is one film which has grown on me since I saw it on main circuit. It is an intelligent film, which demands a lot of active viewing.

Aided with an incisive script by David Hare, it looks at Britain's history from the end of WWII, through to Queen Elizabeth's coronation the Suez Crisis, all counterpointed by the lead character, Susan Treherne (played, in I think one of her best moments, by Meryl Streep.) The film plays on the word "Plenty" and the hope for UK after WWII that there would be plenty - in itself ironic. It is also a study of a woman afflicted by bipolar disorder (manic-depression). This is not the focus of the film; in fact, it is never explicitly stated.... At the time portrayed, psychiatric illness wasn't acknowledged - it tended to be swept under the carpet. Streep imbues Susan with a dignity, despite her liking to "lose control"; there are excellent performances by Sam Neill (Lazar, her war-time "love"), Tracey Ullman, Sting, Charles Dance (her long-suffering husband) and John Gielgud (as the diplomat who takes the fall for the Suez Crisis.) It's not an easy film, but worth watching and discussing. It must be one of the most underrated films on IMDb.

Do yourself a favour, ACTIVELY engage with this. Don't let this film be overshadowed by Meryl Streep's other films of this time, like the overrated Out of Africa. They don't hold a torch to this film! 25 of 27 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Meryl Streep Movies List Meryl Streep Movies List 15 Mar, 2010 list 1 Meryl Steep is a talented celebrity Hollywood actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award 17 times and has won 3 Oscars (1980, 1983 and 2012) over her illustrious career. She has starred in some of the biggest movies since she began acting in feature films in the 1970′s. Today, Meryl Streep is one of the most widely respected actors that is still alive and working in the industry.

The following is a list of movies that Meryl Streep has been involved with: Actress – (movie title/year/character) Hope Springs (2012) Maeve Soames The Iron Lady (2011) Margaret Thatcher It’s Complicated (2009) Jane Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (voice) Mrs. Fox Julie & Julia (2009) Julia Child Doubt (2008/I) Sister Aloysius Beauvier Mamma Mia!

(2008) Donna Sheridan Lions for Lambs (2007) Janine Roth Rendition (2007) Corrine Whitman Dark Matter (2007/I) Joanna Silver The Ant Bully (2006) (voice) Queen The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Miranda Priestly The Music of Regret (2006) The Woman A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Yolanda Johnson Prime (2005) Lisa Metzger Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Aunt Josephine The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Eleanor Shaw The Hours (2002) Clarissa Vaughan Adaptation.

(2002) Susan Orlean Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice) Blue Mecha Music of the Heart (1999) Roberta Guaspari Chrysanthemum (1999) (voice) Narrator One True Thing (1998) Kate Gulden Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) Kate ‘Kit’ Mundy First Do No Harm (1997) (TV) Lori Reimuller Marvin’s Room (1996) Lee Before and After (1996) Dr.

Carolyn Ryan The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Francesca Johnson The River Wild (1994) Gail Hartman The House of the Spirits (1993) Clara del Valle Trueba Death Becomes Her (1992) Madeline Ashton Defending Your Life (1991) Julia Postcards from the Edge (1990) Suzanne Vale She-Devil (1989) Mary Fisher Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (1989) (V) Storyteller Evil Angels (1988) Lindy Chamberlain The Tailor of Gloucester (1988) Narrator Ironweed (1987) Helen Archer Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1987) (voice) Storyteller Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr.

Jeremy Fisher (1987) (voice) Storyteller Heartburn (1986) Rachel Samstat Out of Africa (1985) Karen Blixen Falling in Love (1984) Molly Gilmore Silkwood (1983) Karen Silkwood Sophie’s Choice (1982) Sophie Zawistowski Still of the Night (1982) Brooke Reynolds Alice at the Palace (1982) (TV) Alice The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) Sarah / Anna Kiss Me, Petruchio (1981) (TV) Katherine Kramer vs.

Kramer (1979) Joanna Kramer The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Karen Traynor Uncommon Women… and Others (1979) (TV) Leilah Manhattan (1979) Jill The Deer Hunter (1978) Linda Julia (1977) Anne Marie The Deadliest Season (1977) (TV) Sharon Miller Secret Service (1977) (TV) Edith Varney Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) (voice) Stage 6 1 Stars of the '80s - Meryl Streep Stars of the '80s Meryl Streep Meryl Streep (Mary Louise Streep) was born 22 June 1949 in Summit, New Jersey. She attended Vassar College, Dartmouth and Yale, majoring in drama at the latter institution though her childhood interest had been opera. (She studied with Beverly Sills' coach.) A member of the New York Public Theater, she made her film debut in 1977's Julia. The following year she earned the first of many Academy Award nominations for her role in The Deer Hunter.

That same year she won an Emmy for her performance in the highly-regarded TV mini-series Holocaust. For the remainder of the Seventies she continued to establish herself as an actress of remarkable range and talent, starring as a seductress in The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Woody Allen's ex-wife in Manhattan, and as a wife who abandons her husband (Dustin Hoffman) in Kramer vs. Kramer, for which she won her first Oscar (Best Supporting Actress). In the 1980s, Streep became the film industry's most respected female lead. Her first starring role came in 1981's The French Lieutenant's Woman, and a performance opposite Jeremy Irons won her yet another Academy Award nomination. As the Holocaust-haunted title character in Sophie's Choice (1982) she won a Best Actress Oscar. Yet another Oscar nomination came her way in 1983 for her role in Silkwood, co-starring Kurt Russell and Cher. In Plenty (1985), she played a courageous French Resistance fighter, and nabbed yet another Academy Award nomination with the role of Karen Blixen in Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa (1985).

In her next two films, Heartburn (1986) and Ironweed (1987), Streep co-starred with Jack Nicholson, and in 1988 earned an Oscar nomination for A Cry in the Dark. She closed the decade by demonstrating her comedic flair in She-Devil (1989), co-starring Roseanne Barr. Streep continued to produce quality work in the '90s, in such films as Postcards From the Edge (1990), The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and One True Thing (1998). In 1999 she received her 12th Academy Award nomination for her performance in Music of the Heart, tying a record held by Katherine Hepburn. Married since 1978 to sculptor Donald Gummer, Streep has four children -- Henry, Mary, Grace and Louisa -- and lives in Connecticut. She is regarded as perhaps the greatest actress of her time.

"Meryl's got to be one of those phenomena, like Garbo," said director Mike Nichols, "that happens only once in a generation." 1980s Filmography The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Still of the Night (1982) Sophie's Choice (1982) A Cry in the Dark (1988) She-Devil (1989) Critic's Comments Silkwood (1983) "As played by Meryl Streep, Silkwood is a sassy, slightly promiscuous, resolutely average woman caught up in extraordinary circumstances. The Texas accent, the cheap wardrobe, and the behavior (Karen likes to flash a bare breast now and then to shock her coworkers) come off as cosmetic touches at first. But Streep generates tremendous emotional power." -- People Weekly Heartburn (1986) "In the movie, the characters are played by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, and just by seeing their names on the marquee you'd figure the movie would have to be electrifying. But it's not. Here is the story of two people with no chemistry, played by two actors with great chemistry.

The only way they can get into character is to play against the very things we like them for. Streep seems dowdy and querulous." -- Roger Ebert She-Devil (1989) "If [Roseanne) Barr is correctly cast, so is Streep, who has always had a rich vein of comedy bubbling through her personal life . . . but who has dedicated her career to playing serious or even tragic women, most of them with accents. Here's she given a juicy role to sink her teeth into: Mary Fisher, the bestselling romance novelist who seems like what would happen if the genes of Barbara Cartland, Jackie Collins and Danielle Steele were combined in the same trash compactor. It's a role that calls out for broad, fearless interpretation, and Streep has a lot of fun with it." --Roger Ebert Meryl Streep - Actor - YouTube 26,697 views Last updated on Jun 13, 2014 Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 16 times, and has won it twice.

Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp. A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and Evil Angels (1988).

Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand..." less Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 16 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's earl...

more Play next Play now Meryl Streep Biography (Actor) Birthplace: Summit, New Jersey Best known as: The multi-Oscared star of Out of Africa and The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep has been nominated for 19 Academy Awards -- more than any other actor in history. Meryl Streep first came to fame in 1979, when she won an Emmy for her performance in the TV miniseries Holocaust and was nominated for her first Oscar for the 1978 film The Deer Hunter (starring Robert DeNiro and Christopher Walken ). In 1980, Meryl Streep won an Oscar as best supporting actress for the 1979 divorce drama Kramer v. Kramer (co-starring Dustin Hoffman ). She was nominated again for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), and won again for Alan Pakula 's Sophie's Choice (1982, based on the novel by William Styron ).

Nominations followed for Silkwood (1983, with Cher ), Out of Africa (1985, with Robert Redford ), Ironweed (1987, with Jack Nicholson ) and Postcards From the Edge (1991, with Shirley MacLaine ), among many other performances. Despite her successful forays into comedy, Meryl Streep is mostly known as a serious dramatic actress -- talented, intelligent and a specialist in accents and dialects. Streep worked less while she raised a family during the 1990s, but she still turned in critically-acclaimed performances in television and film and racked up more Oscar nominations for films including The Bridges of Madison County (1995, opposite Clint Eastwood ), Music From the Heart (1999), Adaptation (2002, starring Nicolas Cage ), The Devil Wears Prada (2006, starring Anne Hathaway ) and Doubt (2008, with Philip Seymour Hoffman ).

She played jolly chef Julia Child in the 2009 film Julie and Julia (with Amy Adams ) and earned her 16th nomination, then was nominated again as Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film The Iron Lady. Her Oscar for that film was her third win. She was also nominated, yet again, for the 2013 film August: Osage County and the 2014 film Into the Woods. Extra credit: Meryl Streep married sculptor Donald Gummer in 1978. They have four children: Henry (b. 1979), Mary (nicknamed Mamie, b. 1983), Grace (b. 1986), and Louisa (b. 1991). Mamie Gummer is also an actress… Before her marriage to Gummer, Meryl Streep was engaged to actor John Cazale, who played Fredo in The Godfather. They never married, as Cazale died of bone cancer in 1978… Meryl Streep’s 2003 Oscar nomination for Adaptation was her 13th, establishing the new record for an actress.

Katharine Hepburn had 12 nominations and four wins; animator and producer Walt Disney holds the all-time Oscar nomination record, with 64… Academy Award ceremonies are held the year after films are released, which is why (for instance) Streep’s Oscar for the 1978 film The Deer Hunter was given in 1979. Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Advertisement Advertisement

Question: Which film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, won 7 Oscars?
Answer: Out of Africa